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Baby boy joy as 12 born to staff on Lincoln hospital ward
Staff on a hospital ward have given birth to 12 baby boys in three years – with not a girl in nurses and other healthcare professionals were all permanent members of staff on the Rainforest ward at Lincoln County a community children's nurse and mum to 18-month-old Olly, said: "Everyone just says, well you're going to have a boy, because you've either touched something on the ward or there's something in the water."It's quite nice to be part of the boy mum clan."
"It's amazing," she added. "We've all been able to talk about our experiences, labour, different ages and developments. It's so good to be able to relate with one another." Her colleague Ellie, a junior sister on the ward, said: "It's just such a weird coincidence. "I think I knew I was having a boy, because everyone else was. It's just what we do on Rainforest."
The story is tinged with sadness as the 12th baby boy, Caleb, died at 23 weeks into the pregnancy – though mum Emily says she is happy to a part of the the mums and sons got together this week, Caleb was represented by a beautiful blue teddy is one of two children's wards at the hospital and features a play room and sensory a community nurse and mum to Archie, described the number of boys – rather than girls – being born to staff there as "a bit surreal"."More just keep on being added to the boy gang," she said.
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